grenadier
Pronunciation: /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/
The English word “grenadier” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards of Canada and the United Kingdom.
- Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
- Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
- Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.
Etymology
From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier.
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